The Silence of the Lambs, like Red Dragon, centers on the hunt for a serial killer, one of American society's most frightening nightmares. However, this novel emphasizes from the very outset the trials of an intelligent and capable woman, FBI trainee Clarice Starling, in a patriarchal system, and as such should be considered a work with strong feminist sensibilities. Clarice is treated differently from Will Graham, the hero of Red Dragon, and not simply because she is a trainee at the FBI Academy;.....
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